Timeline

Six tankers are delivered to Branobel.

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Continuous operation is introduced in the distillery with a Read more >

The Branobel tanker, Nordenskiöld, is ravaged by fire during Read more >

Tsar Alexander II is murdered in a bomb attack. Ludvig Read more >

Ludvig’s son, Emanuel Nobel, becomes responsible for Branobel’s economic matters. Read more >

Robert Nobel leaves Baku and Alfred Törnqvist becomes manager of Read more >

Wilhelm Hagelin comes to Baku as a stowaway.

The Nobels’ employee, Engineer Alfred Törnqvist, is sent to the Read more >

The limited company, Branobel, is formed by Ludvig, Robert and Read more >

The world’s first tanker, Zoroaster, built in Sweden, is Read more >